Store-front construction



May 23, 1933. F, HIMMEL ET A; 1,910,249

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A 1v 1 A v A v Patented May 23, 1933 UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDHEIMEL YAND ISIDORE HIMMEL, 0F NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS T0 THERIMMEL BROTHERS COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TIONSTORE-FRNT CONSTRUCTION Application led December 5, 1931. Serial No.579,166.

This invention relates to an improvement in ystore-front constructions,and particularly to supporting-strips to be arranged be- I'tween twosheets of glass, either at a corner or elsewhere, and is an improvementon the invention shown and described in United States Patent No.1,564,789, of December 8, 1925. AIn that patent, the inner and outerstrips were connected together by a bolt having its ends turned atright' angles from the threaded stem, these turned ends entering thesockets formed in the outer strip.

The object of this invention is to so inter lock the bolt with the outerstrip that it will always stand at a right angle thereto and be firmlyheld in position, and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an inside view of a store-frontv construction embodying ourinvention;

Fig. 2 isa-sectional vlew on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; Y

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2; 4

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the outer member; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the connecting-screwsdetached.

In carrying outY our invention, we employ an outer strip 10 formed atintervals with inwardly-extending sockets 11, formed by striking'themetal inward, and at a point closely adjacent to one end of the socket,

the metal is struck inward to form a pointed dividing-lug 12.

A bolt 13 has a threaded end 14 to receive a nut 15, the other end 16being turned at right angles to the bolt and divided at its outer end bya longitudinally-arranged slot 17, so that when the end 16 is passedthrough the socketll, the tips 18 of the bifurcated end 16 will come incontactwith the point of the lug 12 and be separated so as to preventthe withdrawal of the screw, and as means for further interlocking thescrew with the outer strip, the end 1 6 may be formed with a transversenotch 19 and the socket 11 with a transverse rib 20 to enter the notch,substantially as shown in the patent above refererred to. It will benoted that by forming the lug by striking instead of cutting andbending, the lug is providedd with closed sides, which will spread the.bifurcated end of the boltnwithout the possibility of bending. Theouter member is covered by a plate 21 in the usual manner, so as to hidethe end of the screw, and the screw passes through an inner member 22 ofany preferred construction and so that the inner and outer members maybe drawn together against the surfaces of sheets 23 and 24 of glass, itbeing understood that the. sides of the strips are arranged parallelwith the surfaces of the glass, whether the sheets of glass be arrangedin a horizontal line or at angles. This construction assures the firminterlocking of the screw with the outer strip, and it is held at aright angle thereto, so that the inner strip may be readily set over itand the holding-nut applied to it.

We claim:

A store-front construction comprising, an out/er strip provided withinwardly-extending sockets and with tapered lugs adjacent thereto, saidlugs having closed sides, bolts having ends turned at right angles andbifurcated and adapted to enter the-said sockets and engage With thesaid lugs, whereby the ends of the bolts are spread.,

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification. Y' FRED HIMMEL.

ISIDORE HIMMEL.

